JoyV wrote:
NRA membership is higher than ever. In 2012, NRA membership was 4,500,000. In 2014 it had dropped to 4,000,000. Now it is about 5,000,000. The more anti-gun rhetoric there is in the news, the more people buy guns and the more people join NRA. Until now, the highest membership numbers were in 2002 and 2012 with 4,500,000. All other years were lower until 2015. It has been increasing every year since.
NRA membership goes up and down like a yoyo, and has ever since I first became a member in the seventies. I don't renew my membership every year. Besides it's normal 4-5 million members, the NRA influences most of the 80-100 million gun owners in this country. The NRA does not contribute large amounts of money to politicians. It simply records their positions on gun control and publishes them.